The plan was in tatters, and Bai Ye was in a foul mood.
However, there was still some good news to soothe his "wounded" heart.
The first piece of good news: the Five Spirit Incantations had been upgraded.
The second piece of good news: the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had been upgraded.
Half good news: after midnight, Bai Ye could continue to draw from the gacha.
As long as the item from the golden quality gacha drawn using God Stone Shards could be swallowed by the Steel Slime, the Steel Slime would surely evolve into red quality.
The Five Spirit Incantations had been upgraded.
"You have completed Spirit Gathering cultivation. Your Strength, Speed, Stamina, and Spirit stats have increased by 8 points."
"You have completed Spirit Gathering cultivation. Your Five Spirit Incantations have been enhanced."
"Due to the enhancement of your Five Spirit Incantations, Warm Mist has evolved into Immortal Wind Cloud Body."
Immortal Wind Cloud Body: Grants the user a 30-point increase in Speed and a 5% Speed boost for 15 minutes. Movement Speed will receive an additional 15-point increase and a 10% Movement Speed boost.
Bai Ye's eyes widened. Finally, there was a powerful incantation within the Five Spirit Incantations that he could actually use.
Up until now, Bai Ye's feelings about the Five Spirit Incantations had been a mix of pleasant surprises and profound disappointments.
The Five Spirit Incantations were very powerful. Though their quality might not be top-tier, a cultivation technique with growth potential was not solely determined by its quality.
On one hand, Bai Ye needed the Five Spirit Incantations as his core reason for continuously improving his physical attributes.
Physical attributes were undoubtedly the most valuable form of power growth. There was nothing more useful than becoming stronger oneself, a consensus shared by all masters.
The Five Spirit Incantations had indeed satisfied Bai Ye greatly. Relying on Spirit Gathering cultivation, Bai Ye's physical attributes had been constantly growing.
On the other hand, Bai Ye had also highly anticipated the five different attribute-based incantations that came with the Five Spirit Incantations. However, these incantations had always been somewhat underwhelming.
They were incredibly versatile, encompassing attack, debuffs, buffs, and healing...
But perhaps because they were too versatile, they lacked distinctiveness. As Bai Ye grew stronger, the incantations from the Five Spirit Incantations became increasingly impractical.
Take the lightning-based incantations, for example. Bai Ye had already cultivated to the third stage, Heavenly Thunder Sky Break. While its attack power wasn't low, wasn't his Rumble-Rumble Fruit more potent?
Other buff and debuff incantations were similar. They were useful, yet not particularly so. Occasionally used in specific situations, and that was it.
Now, finally, there was an incantation that Bai Ye could use consistently. This speed-boosting effect was a significant improvement for Bai Ye.
Despite having the instant teleportation of his electric field, in a real fight, relying solely on elemental lightning attacks wouldn't be enough. This was because he couldn't use other abilities or items while in his elementalized state.
When he was not elementalized and had to rely on his own movement, the value of Immortal Wind Cloud Body would become apparent.
The Five Spirit Incantations had brought Bai Ye a pleasant surprise. Furthermore, with the emergence of Immortal Wind Cloud Body, only two more incantations were needed for the Five Spirit Incantations to reach the fourth stage.
In his previous life, Bai Ye had witnessed the immense power of the Five Spirit Incantations. The current Five Spirit Incantations were not in their prime and required time to accumulate power.
After this further enhancement, Spirit Gathering had also increased to (0/20000).
With the Five Spirit Incantations off to a good start, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was also doing well.
Rumble-Rumble Fruit (Devil Fruit) (Item) (Gold): Upon consumption, it grants the user the top-tier Logia-type fruit, allowing the body to elementalize into lightning...
Weakness: Cannot come into contact with seawater or Seastone.
Current Proficiency: 0/22000
Skills Unlocked: 6/12
Effects: Teleportation...
Lightning Strike...
Thunder Roar...
Thunder Beast...
Thunder Bird...
Thunder Dragon: Enhances lightning attacks, forming a thunder dragon that combines the power of Thunder Beast and the speed of Thunder Bird.
The increase in Rumble-Rumble Fruit's proficiency meant an improvement in lightning power as a fundamental aspect. This was the terrifying aspect of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. When its proficiency reached max, the power of its lightning would be truly formidable.
Even the most ordinary lightning attack, as a super-quality ability, was a terrifying existence.
However, the Thunder Dragon skill was somewhat of a letdown, essentially an enhanced Thunder Beast and Thunder Bird.
But considering that Thunder Beast, Thunder Bird, and Thunder Dragon could be summoned simultaneously, it wasn't that bad. The value of these three skills lay in their ability to materialize lightning, allowing for sustained attacks.
Therefore, a pure increase in summon count did not result in overlapping effects.
It was just that the immense power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit made Bai Ye anticipate even more formidable techniques. As it stood, his proficiency still needed to be increased.
Finally, there was the Steel Slime, which required drawing from the gacha first.
"It can devour, it can devour, it can devour..."
Bai Ye was quite content. He didn't desperately need the gacha machine to enhance his combat power at the moment. Therefore, as long as the Steel Slime could devour something, Bai Ye would be satisfied. Seeing red quality within reach, Bai Ye didn't want to be stuck with the 24-hour cooldown again.
And the results...
The first blue gacha yielded a martial art, without surprise or delight, called the Kongming Flying Dragon Staff.
Bai Ye didn't discriminate against martial arts; powerful ones could even contend with Daoist techniques in the cultivation world. But blue quality...
Bai Ye decided to pretend he hadn't drawn it.
The second black gacha was an old friend, Plasma Cannon...
Even this trash wasn't enough to elevate the Steel Slime to red quality, nor could it be inscribed in the Gate of Babylon.
With one black and one blue gacha, the luck was decent, but utterly useless.
Bai Ye could only place his hopes on the last of his God Stone Shards.
Chengying Sword (Weapon) (Gold): An ancient renowned sword, one of the Ten Great Swords of China. Legend has it that upon its forging, a dragon split the shadow and geese forgot their way home.
Effects... 138 Reading Network
The effects of the Chengying Sword were no longer important.
As one of the Ten Great Swords of China, its fame was considerable. However, it was still a notch below immortal flying swords. Among gold-quality weapons, it was on the lower end, but it was enough to allow the Steel Slime to advance!
Steel Slime (Item) (Red): A very rare mutated slime capable of devouring all objects and integrating their characteristics to transform and utilize them.
Effects: Devour...
Condense...
Steal...
Synthesize...
Enhance...
Condensable Items...
Enchantment: Can enchant its mastered elemental abilities onto condensed weapons. The weapon's effects will increase by 10%, and its attack power will be boosted by 15%. Defensive equipment's attack power will also increase by 15%. Attacks can add enchantment effects. If elemental abilities are not mastered, this effect cannot be used.
Steel Slime, Growth Value: 0/1000000
The Steel Slime had already taken off when it was black quality, and red quality...
It soared to the heavens!